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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
+description: "Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 351"
+citation: "Maryland HB 351 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Martinez", "Moon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2026-01-19"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e44369-464a-4da5-87b5-0f010633d13b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0351?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "aa4d07d02ff1e6b36512038f674501fd8ac9a4db6e359c151849fe449ce23844"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 351 (2026) — Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_459_hb0351e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351e.pdf)
+3. **First - Public Safety - Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Constitutional Rights - Violations and Digital Unmasking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0351t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–35** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Buckel /253421/1 — **37–94** (fail) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–12** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Amendment Ready /343129/1 — **13–30** (fail) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **96–38** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Tomlinson /293626/1 — **37–94** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Grammer /333722/1 — **35–94** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Floor Committee Amendment {
+- **2026-02-24** Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Tomlinson) Adopted
+- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-02-25** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e44369-464a-4da5-87b5-0f010633d13b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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